AP govt acquires Hathiramji Mutt lands and suspends Mahanti Arjun Das

Why Govt need to takeover Hindu temples and mutts ? It can punish the culprits and take appropriate action to correct wrong deeds. There are several incidents that prove that even members of Govt appointed committees on temples are indulged in corruption and looting of temple resources ! – Editor, Hindujagruti

The Andhra Pradesh government has taken a crucial decision in the matter of Tirupati Hathiramji Math lands estimating crores of rupees. The suspension was issued against the petitioner Mahanti Arjundas over the alleged misappropriation of crores of math land. In his place, the government gave additional responsibility to Srikalahasti EO to look after the math programs.

The Hathiranji Mutt lands near Tirupati have been the subject of large-scale invasions over the past few years. Hundreds of crores of Hathiramji Mutt lands have been wiped out by the land mafia. The burglars created fake documents.

The Ashram has reportedly disobeyed the court orders and did real estate with the lands.

CS Rangarajan, Archaka of Chilkur Balaji Devasthanam has expressed his opinions regarding this takeover through a thread of tweets :

Rule 17(b)

"In absence of appointment of Non-Official
Members, the Dharmika Parishad shall continue
permanently with the Official Members mentioned in
(i) to (iv) of Sub-Section (1) of Section 152 of the Act
to perform the functions and discharge the duties
entrusted to it. "

— Rangarajan chilkur (@csranga) January 30, 2020